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Lol. Lmao even

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[-] OperationOgre@hexbear.net 47 points 1 month ago

Yeah this is basically a summary of the living conditions of the Simpsons family

[-] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 42 points 1 month ago

Which were lower middle class when it came out. Plenty of plot lines revolved around money being tight.

3 kids, 2 cars, a house, all on one salary these days? Unthinkable.

[-] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 30 points 1 month ago

Frank Grimes episode already made fun of it in season 8 because it was dated by 1997.

A single worker's salary afforded him an apartment above a bowling alley and below another bowling alley. Homer could miraculously afford lobster for dinner, a stay at home wife, a 2.5 storey house, 2 cars, a cat, a dog and a drinking habit while being a college dropout.

[-] ComradeMonotreme@hexbear.net 29 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

As you say they lampshaded it already.

But Homer got his safety inspector job he was unqualified in season 1 as a bribe from Mr Burns after he got fired from a more menial job at the plant and became an anti-nuclear activist.

He then finished his needed college courses in Season 5.

Also he's a union man.

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